Well, all over the place. There are all kinds of little concerts variously advertised as "ceilidhs" or "kitchen parties" or sometimes even as "concerts", held regularly one night a week in a number of the smaller places, especially along the north shore; the College of Piping in Summerside has events a few nights every week; the town of Summerside has music on the waterfront most evenings; the Sun & Shade Campground in Borden puts on an Old-Time/Bluegrass concert every night; the Benevolent Irish Society has events two or three nights a week; Orwell Corners has events two or three nights a week; going a little more up-market, there are soft-seat concerts one or more nights a week in the Jubilee in Summerside, the Victoria Playhouse, the Georgetown Theatre, not to mention Charlottetown; then there are the festivals - besides the two we mentioned, there's the Larry Gorman Festival in Tyne Valley, a big do in Rustico, usually with hometown boy Lenny Gallant as the big star - this summer it was on the same weekend as the one in Abram Village ... and then there's me at the cottage sitting down with my mother to have a few tunes after the dishes are done ... I'm not sure how much action there is up-west; I don't pay much attention to that area because it's just too far from my base of operations (BOO). Almost all the concert/ceilidh-type events take place sometime between 7 and 11 in the evening - after that, as I'm sure you know, it's go home, have a lunch, then hit the hay - those cows aren't going to milk themselves tomorrow morning!
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